African genetic admixture is associated with body composition and fat distribution in a cross-sectional study of children

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-65

  Cardel, M ^a   Higgins, P B ^a   Willig, A L ^a   Keita, A D ^a   Casazza, K ^a   Gower, B A ^a   Fernandez J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal adiposity; bone mineral content; European genetic admixture; lean mass; race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BONE MINERAL; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 85028115183     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2010.203     Document Type: Article

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